The guerilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from ‘silent extinction’

Grist
By Laura MalloneeJul 28, 2025, 5:00 am160 ptsTrending
One sunny morning in early May, four high school boys stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels. On the ground before them stood a Texas blazing star, an imperiled member of the aster family. The oldest boy, a senior, made two putts on either side of the plant and was beginning to…

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